Opioid Crisis

In the last 4 hours

Coroner warns of 'emerging threat' of use of deadly opioids in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland World20:18

OTC Pain Relievers Just as Effective as Opioids After Wisdom Tooth Removal Pain News Network20:14

In the last 6 hours

Carson City receives first narcan box dedication KOLO-TV17:15

Man dies after taking new killer drugs he 'bought on the dark web' Daily Star17:13

In the last 8 hours

Man, 33, died after taking new killer opioid 'bought on the dark web' Irish Mirror16:02

Earlier today

Medical, Recreational Cannabis Dispensaries Lead to Reduced Opioid Prescriptions Newswise (Press Release)13:51

Opioid Overdoses, Deaths Decreased in Cambridge in 2024 The Harvard Crimson07:56

Yesterday

Ibuprofen and Tylenol beat opioids for wisdom tooth pain, study finds Knowridge Science Report10:31 9-Nov-25

How serious is drug issue in bypoll-bound Tarn Taran? AAP worker’s death due to ‘overdose’ and misuse of opioids paint… Indian Express08:38 9-Nov-25

Everyone holds power to prevent opioid misuse Pleasanton Weekly01:26 9-Nov-25

The roots of a crisis: Unpacking the origins of the opioid epidemic Pleasanton Weekly01:06 9-Nov-25

FUN Youth: Teen volunteers witness suffering caused by opioid addiction Pleasanton Weekly01:06 9-Nov-25

In the last 7 days

Generation O: Children harmed by opioids Pleasanton Weekly22:54 8-Nov-25

Journalists Shed Light on Opioid Settlement Cash, New Medicaid Work Requirements Kaiser Health News10:00 8-Nov-25

Five Drug Kingpins Bag 21 Years Imprisonment over Gabon, Australia-bound Cocaine, Opioids ThisDay Live06:08 8-Nov-25

4th Circ. Opioid Case Brings Public Nuisance Back To The Fore Law36004:19 8-Nov-25

Five drug kingpins bag 21 years imprisonment for trafficking cocaine, opioids The Nation, Nigeria03:55 8-Nov-25

Five Drug Kingpins Bag 21 Years Imprisonment Over Gabon, Australia- Bound Cocaine, Opioids Independent Nigeria03:51 8-Nov-25

UCSF Urology Clinicians Present Research Findings at SurgeWest 2025 UC San Francisco00:57 8-Nov-25

Taking prescription opioids for too long can be harmful. Here’s how to cut back... Knowridge Science Report00:42 8-Nov-25

El Dorado grand jury indicts three people in Tahoe-area drug trafficking case The Sacramento Bee, California23:19 7-Nov-25

Project Overdose warns of highly potent opioid in local drug supply ahead of EDC Orlando Orlando Weekly21:39 7-Nov-25

Number of fentanyl deaths in Orange, LA counties sharply drops as law enforcement pushes against the crisis The Press-Enterprise, California19:50 7-Nov-25

Narcan, Drones, and Concerts: How Governments Spent Opioid Settlement Windfalls Kaiser Health News19:31 7-Nov-25

Iowa Pharmacy Accused of Misusing PPP Funds, Mishandling Opioids Bloomberg Law19:01 7-Nov-25

Clinical trial suggests opioids unnecessary after wisdom tooth surgery UPI17:17 7-Nov-25

Avenue Health and iPill Dispenser to Co-Host Pain Management and Harm Reduction Conference in… PRWeb (Press Release)14:34 7-Nov-25

Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement funds The Conversation (UK)13:26 7-Nov-25

Trump Cuts China Tariffs After Fentanyl Crackdown Deal To Fight Opioid Crisis The Dallas Express13:03 7-Nov-25

Five drug kingpins bag 21-year jail term over Gabon, Australia-bound cocaine, opioids Nigerian Guardian12:32 7-Nov-25

Wisdom Tooth Surgery? Opioids Not Necessary, Clinical Trial Finds HealthDay11:53 7-Nov-25

Opioid nalbuphine added to list of restricted drugs - Ministry of Health UNN.ua10:50 7-Nov-25

Cracking Down On This Opioid Alternative Is The Wrong Move CounterPunch08:14 7-Nov-25

The molecular basis of μ-opioid receptor signaling plasticity Nature.com02:04 7-Nov-25

$131M in state funding to go to substance use prevention & reduction efforts Upper Michigan Source01:42 7-Nov-25

Over-the-counter pain relievers outperform opioids after wisdom tooth extraction News-Medical.Net00:59 7-Nov-25

Fort Wayne announces opioid settlement funding recipients 21 Alive News23:23 6-Nov-25

How opioid settlement money is being used in Portage County to fight addiction NewsNet5, Ohio23:04 6-Nov-25

New Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Found in Toronto, Raising Fentanyl-Level Concerns Discover Magazine23:03 6-Nov-25

Maryville College counseling program latest to be funded through Tennessee Opioid Abatement Grant program WVLT18:27 6-Nov-25

Survey: Pain Patients Often Substitute Cannabis for Prescription Opioids NORML (Press Release)17:18 6-Nov-25

Angels physician prescribed Eric Kay more than 600 opioid pills over a half-decade, doctor testifies in Tyler Skaggs… Press-Telegram, California01:44 6-Nov-25

Interior Health warns Kamloops users of contaminated meth CFJC Today00:13 6-Nov-25

Opioid receptors caught in motion offering clues for safer painkillers News-Medical.Net00:07 6-Nov-25

Taking prescription opioids for too long can be harmful. Here’s how to cut back and stop The Conversation (AU)22:15 5-Nov-25

Rising Wave of Fentanyl-Linked Deaths in Bulgaria BNT News20:30 5-Nov-25

Fentanyl: A Rising Wave of Death in Bulgaria BNT News20:09 5-Nov-25

Beshear moves to make sale, possession of kratom byproduct illegal in Kentucky Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky19:08 5-Nov-25

Pacira BioSciences (PCRX) Is Up 5.1% After AmacaThera Deal and PCRX-201 Clinical Results Update Simply Wall St19:01 5-Nov-25

A path to safer painkillers, revealed by freezing opioids and their protein receptors in motion USC News16:31 5-Nov-25

Structural snapshots capture nucleotide release at the μ-opioid receptor Nature.com16:27 5-Nov-25

How nursing home residents got caught in the opioid crackdown Knowridge Science Report15:17 5-Nov-25

‘Losing that is terrible.’ Federal budget cuts lead to the shut down of a UMMC opioid addiction treatment project Mississippi Today15:10 5-Nov-25

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Appeals Court Overturns Key Opioid Decision, California Plaintiffs' Bar… Law.com14:47 5-Nov-25

Trump doesn’t grasp his own drug war Salon.com11:32 5-Nov-25

Rapid City Opioid Committee applying for state opioid funding that would support Care Campus & Monument Health Black Hills Fox01:36 5-Nov-25

Mesoblast to Discuss Opioid Reduction Data with FDA TipRanks01:02 5-Nov-25

Mesoblast to meet FDA on opioid reduction data from Rexlemestrocel-L Phase 3 trial Proactive Investors (US)00:42 5-Nov-25

New synthetic opioid detected in Toronto street drugs CityNews Toronto00:18 5-Nov-25

Opioid prescriptions in nursing home residents dropped dramatically between 2011 and 2022, study finds McKnight's Long-Term Care News23:20 4-Nov-25

Modifying Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China The White House (Press Release)22:30 4-Nov-25

Olmsted County ramps up effort to fight opioid deaths Post Bulletin22:26 4-Nov-25

A new opioid has been found in Toronto's drug supply and users may not even know it CBC.ca22:08 4-Nov-25

From Birthplace of Jazz, Startup Swings with Non-Opioid Pain Treatments Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News20:46 4-Nov-25

Opioid Prescribing Down Significantly for U.S. Nursing Home Residents Pain News Network19:38 4-Nov-25

How Nursing Home Residents Got Caught in the Opioid Backlash UC San Francisco17:09 4-Nov-25

Are surgery patients on opioid recovery meds getting the right care? Knowridge Science Report14:51 4-Nov-25

NaphCare Partner Pima County Adult Detention Complex Awarded Ncchc Pinnacle Award Business Wire (Press Release)14:02 4-Nov-25

AmacaThera Signs Exclusive Global Licensing Agreement with Pacira BioSciences for Up To US$230… PR Newswire (Press Release)12:06 4-Nov-25

A New Type of Opioid Is Killing People in the US, Europe, and Australia WIRED10:38 4-Nov-25

Rapid City Council approves $540,000 opioid settlement allocation Black Hills Fox10:30 4-Nov-25

Community opioid dispensing prevalence and patterns in adults with spinal cord injury in Queensland: a retrospective… Nature.com08:44 4-Nov-25

Investigation into opioid settlement money CBS News01:01 4-Nov-25

New opioid found in Toronto’s unregulated supply could increase risk of overdose, says drug checking service CTV News Toronto21:15 3-Nov-25

$14M dedicated to Iowa communities’ opioid addiction treatment programs The Gazette20:30 3-Nov-25

19 Defendants Charged for Conspiring to Distribute Millions of Doses of Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine in Washington Square … Drug Enforcement Administration (Press Release)18:49 3-Nov-25

Mississippi opioid settlement council to evaluate grants requesting tens of millions of dollars Mississippi Today18:34 3-Nov-25

Baltimore metro stations will start holding naloxone kits for overdoses WYPR18:14 3-Nov-25

Ashley Moody part of introduction of new bill designed to stem Nitazene trafficking Florida Politics17:01 3-Nov-25

States make progress in removing barriers to opioid use disorder medications News-Medical.Net16:29 3-Nov-25

Whatcom County report shows depth of opioid crisis — and some promising numbers Bellingham Herald13:28 3-Nov-25

Naloxone sales decline despite ongoing opioid crisis WBAY, Wisconsin12:31 3-Nov-25

Tiffanie Katsuva: Vermont’s opioid settlement should strengthen prevention and the people doing the work VTDigger12:19 3-Nov-25

Can AI predict — using smartphone data — when someone is going to relapse on opioids? MassLive.com11:05 3-Nov-25

Poll results: Herald readers say officials must do more against opioid crisis Boston Herald10:28 3-Nov-25

Sock Hops and Concerts: How Some Places Spent Opioid Settlement Cash Kaiser Health News10:02 3-Nov-25

From Narcan to gun silencers, opioid settlement cash pays law enforcement tabs CBS News10:01 3-Nov-25

Health chiefs' naloxone warning amid rise in cocaine links to Inverclyde drug deaths Greenock Telegraph, Scotland07:13 3-Nov-25

Patient left with brain damage after too many opioids Radio New Zealand02:11 3-Nov-25

'Extraordinary': Man says hospital overdose left his sister with 'no quality of life' NewsTalk ZB01:20 3-Nov-25

In the last month

Ndlea busts Colos lab in Lagos, arrests music artiste, recovers opioids, skunk Nigerian Guardian23:56 2-Nov-25

How schools create preventive measures for opioid addiction and deaths Pleasanton Weekly20:41 2-Nov-25

Mega strong opioid 'pyro' found in Glasgow involved in one in nine Scotland drug deaths Glasgow Live16:31 2-Nov-25

Drug crisis deepens as Parc deaths linked to synthetic opioids The Pembrokeshire Herald09:44 2-Nov-25

Superstrong opioid 'pyro' involved in one in nine drug deaths in Scotland Daily Record04:46 2-Nov-25

Increasing opioid misuse in Alameda County, signs of addiction in teens Pleasanton Weekly21:48 1-Nov-25

The prospect of art in combating opioid addiction Pleasanton Weekly21:37 1-Nov-25

Twin Cities Pain Clinic Improves Patient Access to Care with Opening of New Outpatient Surgery… PRWeb (Press Release)16:09 1-Nov-25

Opioids Are Not a Cure… and Neither Is Anything Else Pain News Network13:36 1-Nov-25

Punjab’s war on drugs fell victim to abuse. 8 years on, an overhaul begins ThePrint13:03 1-Nov-25

Man who became 'zombie' on painkillers says medical cannabis gave him his life back Daily Record04:42 1-Nov-25

Alaska Joins Utah In Firing Motley Rice From Opioid Case Law36003:36 1-Nov-25

High on screen: How visual media distorts our view of opioids Pleasanton Weekly02:59 1-Nov-25

Opioids Didn't Weigh Heavily In Finances, Hospital Execs Say Law36000:33 1-Nov-25

Melissa Etheridge, celebrity friends raise $1 million for push for emerging opioid treatments Orange County Register23:37 31-Oct-25

‘Fell through gaps’: Judge suggests better supports after Winnipeg overdose death Toronto Star22:19 31-Oct-25

Deaths at Parc linked to synthetic opioids as illegal drug use in prisons reaches 'endemic… Wales Online21:00 31-Oct-25

Eli Lilly Abandons Another Experimental Non-Opioid Pain Reliever Pain News Network19:27 31-Oct-25

How Opioid Settlement Money Turned Into a $600K Party Fund Reason17:59 31-Oct-25

India’s Precursors, America’s Pain: A Bilateral Fix Is Needed – OpEd Eurasia Review17:03 31-Oct-25

Philly sues CVS Health, others over opioid crisis PhillyVoice15:04 31-Oct-25

Health officials sound alarm over dangerous opioid mix driving overdose surge in Chatham-Kent CTV News Windsor11:00 31-Oct-25

Opioid prescriptions are going down in Canada, a new study finds. Here’s why Toronto Star09:14 31-Oct-25

Proposed changes in Medicare coverage threaten access to procedures used to treat pain STAT08:37 31-Oct-25

Appeals court overturns decision in opioid lawsuit WSAZ03:41 31-Oct-25

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